Where does “hensyn” come from?
hensyn (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hense, from Danish se, from Old Danish se, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
hensyn (Danish): respect, regard
Ancestry of “hensyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hense | — |
| 2 | Danish | se | to see; to see each other |
| 3 | Old Danish | se | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 6 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 7 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 8 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 9 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
## first/third-person... |
| 10 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 11 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 12 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 13 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
Words derived from “hensyn”